Golf-bag holder



Nov. 27, 1923.

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Patented Nov. 27, E923.

' UNITED STATES ARTHUR E. SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GOLF-BAG HOLDER.

Application filed May 27,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR vE. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf- Bag Holders, of which the following is a specifica ion.

My invention relates to automobile attachments and more specifically to an attachment or holder for golf bags which may be detachably fastened to the running-board of the car.

The principal object of the invention is the production of a device of the above character which shall be of extreme simplicity of construction and of strength and wh ch shall be adapted to securely hold golf bags. canes, umbrellas and analogous devices against loss or rattling.

To the above ends my invention consists in the novel holder hereinafter more particularly described and then specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating a practical embodiment of the invention:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the holder shown attached to the running-board of an automobile and holding two golf bags.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the holder.

Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof, with the golf bags therein.

Fig. 4 is a section taken through the running-board showing the manner of detachably fastening the holder thereto.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 but showin a modified form of fastening means.

Iteferring in detail to the drawings:

1 indicates the body of an automobile and 2 the running-board thereof. 3 indicates the metallic base of the holder comprising a flat plate as indicated, which is provided with a screw-threaded pin 4 extending downwardly therefrom, which may be inserted through a suitable hole bored in the running-board 2 so that the device may be detachably and securely held in position on said running-board by means of a winged nut 5 screwed tightly on said pin beneath the board.

The base 3 has a vertical rod 6 integral therewith and extending upwardly therefrom, a reinforcing rib 7 being also provided at the junction of these parts for strengthening purposes. The upper end of said had is 1922. Serial No. 564,130.

provided with a clamp comprising twosemicircular members 8 and 9 the former of which is fixed or made integral with the rod 6 while the latter is provided with an extension 10 extending within a suitable slot in said rod and pivotally mounted therein by means of a pin or pivot 11. Integral with said members 8 and 9 are the flattened extensions 12 having slots therein as illustrated. When the arm 9 is swung into closed position the extensions 12 are in juxtaposed parallelism. 13 indicates an eye which is integral with the post 6 and which extends outwardly intermediate the members 8 and 9.

I provide a clamp adjacent the lower end of the rod 6 the parts of which are identical wlth and similar in construction to the parts 0f the clamp just described so that they require no detailed description. I merely refer, therefore, to the fixed and removable members of said clamp as 14 and 15 respectively.

To use the holder the clamp members 9 and 15 are swung open on their pivots and a strap 16 is drawn through the eye 13. One or more golf bags 17 or other articles to be held are then placed intermediate the clam members with the lower portions of said bags resting on the base 3. The clamp members 9 are then swung closed and the strap 16 which has also been passed through the slots in the extensions 12 in the manner indicated. in Fig. 3 is tightened and the ends fastened together by means of a suitable buckle as illustrated. This strap not only forces the bags together but also forces the members 8 and 9 towards each other into clamping engagement with the golf bags and acts to securely hold them against movement. .In the case of the lower clamp I merely swing the member 15 closed and into engagement with one of the golf bags and hold the members 14 and 15 into clampin engagement with the golf bags by a buckled strap 18.v which is passed through the slots of the extensions of said members 14 and 15.

It will be apparent that when the golf bags are held as above described any rattling thereof or injury thereto is obviated and they are securely held against movement. It is also apparent that the holder, consistently with my invention, may be made in various sizes to accommodate one or more golf bags or other articles. The device itself s useful because of its simplicity and because of its detachability. The members 8 and 14 of the clamps are made rigid rather than pivoted to prevent them from being swung rearwardly into engagement with the body 1 of the car which would mar or de face the enamel thereon. It is found in practice that merely pivoting one of the clamp members is sufiicient to permit of the effective use of the device.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 5 I employ a modified form of detachabl securing the device to the running-boar 2. In this modification I provide a U-shaped bracket 19 which is preferably an integral part of the base 3. This bracket receives the running-board and the lower arm thereof carries a screw 20 which .is threaded therethrough and against the under side of the board to hold the device against movement.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a holder, a base comprising a fiat plate, means thereon for detachably securing the same to a support, a rod extending upwardl therefrom, a clamp extending outwardly rom said rod adapted to hold articles therein and comprising two members one of which is movable and the other of which is fixed, said members each having a slot therein and a strap'adapted to pass around the articles to be held and through said slots for clamping said movable member against said articles.

2. In a holder, a base, means thereon for detachably securing the same to the running-board of an automobile, an upwardly extending rod integral with said base, a clamp extending outwardly from said rod for holding articles therein and comprising two semi-circular members one of which is fixed to said rod and the other of which is pivoted thereto, extensions on said members provided with slots therein, an eye on said rod and a strap adapted to be passed through said slots and eye and to engage the articles to be held.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 26th day of May, A. D. 1922.

ARTHUR E. SMITH.

Witnesses:

F. B. Townsnm), IRENE Lmowrm 

